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India’s development of cash transfer scheme a logical marvel

October 13, 2022

India’s development of cash transfer scheme a logical marvel
India’s deployment of a direct cash transfer scheme and other similar social welfare programmes is a “logical marvel”, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Wednesday.

“From India, there is a lot to learn. There is a lot to learn from some other examples around the world. We have examples from pretty much every continent and every level of income. If I look at the case of India, it is actually quite impressive,” Paolo Mauro, Deputy Director of the Fiscal Affairs Department at the IMF, told reporters at a news conference in Washington.

“In fact, just because of the sheer size of the country, it is a logical marvel how these programmes that seek to help people who are at low-income levels reach literally hundreds of millions of people,” he said in response to a question on the impressive direct cash transfer programme being successfully implemented by the Indian government.

There are programmes that target specifically women. There are programmes that target the elderly and farmers. Perhaps the interesting part is that in these examples, there is a lot of technological innovation, he said.

“In the case of India, one thing that is striking is the use of the unique identification system, the Aadhaar,” Mauro said.

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